Improved clothes-drier



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SAML. I. TRASK, OF GUILFORD, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED CLOTH ES-DRIER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL I. TRAsK, ofGuilford, in the county of Chenango and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Glothes-Driers; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, mal;- ingpart of this speciiication, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention consists in the combination, with a clothes-drier composedof two ladderlike frames hinged to each other at the top, of twograduated latches of different lengths, so that by using the shorter ofthese latches the drier may be slightly spread so as to enable it to bereadily moved through doorways and narrow or intricate passages, or upand down stairways, without difficulty, and by using the lon ger ot"these latches the drier may be spread to any extent required for dryingthe clothes; and it also consists in the combination, with aclothes-drier, of shoes and wheels or rollers, so that the drier, withthe suspended clothes, may be readily moved by one person whereverrequired, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, Figure l is an end view of my improved clothes-drier,showing in red lines the position of the parts when slightly spread forbeing moved from one place to another, and in dotted blue lines theposition of the longer latch when dropped Vto permit the drier to passthrough a doorway or other narrow passage. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of theclothes-drier. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the wheels and theadjacent parts.

A are the front end pieces. B are the rear end pieces, or the ones towhich the shoes and wheels are attached. G are the bars upon which theclothes are suspended for drying. The end pieces A, and also the endpieces B, are hinged together at their tops, so that the frames may beset at any required angle.

D is the shorter latch, pivoted to one of the end pieces, A or B, at oneend ot' the drier, and catching by notches, as shown, upon a pin or itsequivalent on the other end piece at the saine end ot' the drier. E isthe longer latch, pivoted to one of the end pieces, A or B, at theopposite end of the drier from the latch D, and catching in the same wayupon a pin, or its equivalent, in the other end piece. The longer latchE is designed tc be used when it is desirable to extend the drier to agreater angle than the latch D will permit, and the latch D is designedespecially to be used when the drier is being moved through doorways ornarrow and intricate passages, or up and down steps or stairways, inwhich case the longer latch E is allowed to hang down, as represented indotted blue lines in Fig. 1. In order that the end of the latch E maynot hit against the door-post or balustrades, and thus interfere withthe passage of the drier, I usually make the inner notch ot the latch Eto correspond in distance from the pivoting-point with the outer notchot' the latch D; but this is immaterial.

F are the wheels or rollers attached to the lower ends of the end piecesB, which are made a little shorter than the end pieces A, so that whenthe drier stands upon the ends of the end pieces A and upon the wheelsor rollers F the bars C may be horizontal. The wheels or rollers F maybe attached to the end pieces B by screws or by any of the usual ways.

Gr are shoes attached to the bottoms or lower ends of the end pieces Band extending up to the lower bar, C, of the frames. Said shoes Gr maybe curved on each side of the end pieces B, as represented in thedrawings, which construction I prefer, or they may be simply inclined,the object ot' the said shoes Gr being' to enable the drier, when beingmoved, to pass over any obstructions that may be in its way, and to passup and down steps or stairs without the liability of the lower ends ofthe end pieces B striking against said obstructions or steps, and thusstopping the onward motion of the drier.

The advantage of my invention is that the drier can be placed beside thewash-tub and the clothes immediately hung upon it as they come from thewringer, and when full it can be partially closed and moved by oneperson to the place where the clothes are to be dried without disturbingor disarranging them, even if it has to be through narrow doorways, up i2. The combination,with thesaid sideframes, or down stairs, or throughnarrow and intriconstructed as described, of the shoes G and catepassages. rollers F, the said shoes and rollers being on I claimthe sameend of the clothes-drier, as and for 1. The combination, with the sideframes the purpose hereinabove specified.

which contain the bars for sustaining the SAMUEL I. TRASK.

clothes7 and which are hinged together at the Witnesses:

top, of the latches D and E, substantially in THoMAs DICKINsoN,

the manner and for the purpose set forth. NATHAN W. GADY.

